[On an epitaph for herself:] Under here, we're all equal.

Why is it immoral to be paid for an act that is perfectly legal if done for free?

Male privilege and entitlement are dying a very painful death; no one gives up power without a struggle.

The more I know about men the more I like dogs.

There are some people who still feel threatened by strong women. That's their problem. It's not mine.

Do not let adversity break you. Think of it as a learning experience that will make you stronger.

There is no change without sacrifice.

There are endless new variations on how to hurt a woman physically, emotionally, financially, and socially.

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.

There still is a war on women in terms of politicians in Washington and the state legislatures trying to eliminate any rights we have fought to win and that the Supreme Court has afforded us.

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

If you aren't practicing what you preach, how can, and why should, anyone trust you?

With diligent, you will master the act.

Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days, but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week.

Often in writing programs, articulation and clarity are more important than what you actually say.

Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.

O heart, and mind, and thoughts! what thing do you Hope to inherit in the grave below?

The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality.

I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them. It's my job to treat them with respect and to just look at it from their point of view.

A novelist is someone who sits around the house all day in his underwear, trying not to smoke.

Intimacy is a difficult art.